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	<title>Political Blotter &#187; Debra Bowen</title>
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		<title>Voter #s: Dems a smidge up, GOP a smidge down</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2013/03/25/voter-s-dems-a-smidge-up-gop-a-smidge-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:48:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Democrats made a tiny gain in recent months while Republicans continued a long, slow slide in new voter registration numbers released Monday by California Secretary of State Debra Bowen. Monday’s figures show the state’s Democratic registration at 43.93 percent as of Feb. 10, up a fraction from the 43.66 percent stake the party held just [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yee aims to widen online registration&#8217;s reach</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/12/12/yee-aims-to-widen-online-registrations-reach/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 22:07:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hot from the resounding success of the online voter registration system his legislation enabled, a Bay Area lawmaker now wants to expand that system’s reach. State Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, today introduced a bill that would put a link to the online registration system run by the Secretary of State on every state government [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California poised to set voter registration record</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/10/23/california-poised-to-set-voter-registration-record/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2012 22:47:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debra Bowen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[California is on track for a record-high number of registered voters, Secretary of State Debra Bowen said today. Yesterday was the deadline to register to vote in next month’s presidential election. Bowen said more than 679,000 Californians were added to the state’s voter rolls in the final 45 days leading up to that deadline, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bay Area election volunteers lauded</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/10/05/bay-area-election-volunteers-lauded/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debra Bowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[California Secretary of State Debra Bowen this week honored a pair of Santa Clara County polling-place volunteers who have been serving their community for decades. Rita Chavez Medina and Helen Garza have staffed the polls during elections in the last 60 and 52 years respectively, Bowen said. “Election after election, Rita and Helen have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>110,000 register to vote online in first week</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/26/110000-register-to-vote-online-in-first-week/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/26/110000-register-to-vote-online-in-first-week/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 23:49:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=21014</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[About 110,000 Californians registered to vote online during the first week they could. The state&#8217;s online voter registration system went live last Wednesday as a result of SB 397 by state Sen. Leland Yee, D-San Francisco, which was signed into law last October by Gov. Jerry Brown. Secretary of State Debra Bowen said today she’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New voter data: &#8216;no party preference&#8217; still rising</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/21/new-voter-data-no-party-preference-still-rising/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/09/21/new-voter-data-no-party-preference-still-rising/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 21:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nonpartisanship continues to rise in the Golden State, according to California’s latest voter registration data. As of September 7, a total of 17,259,680 Californians are registered to vote, representing 72.6 percent of eligible Californians, up from 69.8 percent this time four years ago. “As Californians hear more about the important issues on the November ballot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Garamendi, Bowen decry danger to mail-in ballots</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/03/13/garamendi-bowen-decry-danger-to-mail-in-ballots/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/03/13/garamendi-bowen-decry-danger-to-mail-in-ballots/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2012 22:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Debra Bowen]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/?p=19146</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rep. John Garamendi, D-Walnut Grove, joined California Secretary of State Debra Bowen to testify to the state Legislature today about the danger that some impending U.S. Postal Service facility closures pose to the integrity of California’s vote. As I reported last month, Bowen contends the Postal Service’s proposed closure of around a dozen mail processing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Groups sue Bowen over inmate voting rights</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/03/07/groups-sue-bowen-over-inmate-voting-rights/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2012/03/07/groups-sue-bowen-over-inmate-voting-rights/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Three groups sued California Secretary of State Debra Bowen and San Francisco’s elections director Wednesday, asking the court to ensure that more than 85,000 people sent to county jails instead of state prisons under the recent “realignment” can vote. All of Us or None, Legal Services for Prisoners with Children, and the League of Women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brown vetoes bill to ban per-signature pay</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/01/brown-vetoes-bill-to-ban-per-signature-pay/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/08/01/brown-vetoes-bill-to-ban-per-signature-pay/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:26:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An East Bay lawmaker&#8217;s bill to ban per-signature pay for ballot-measure petition circulators has been vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown. SB 168, by state Sen. Ellen Corbett, D-San Leandro, would have forbidden paying ballot measure petition signature gatherers on a per-signature basis, which she said would reduce fraud by reducing the temptation to pad out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jane Harman may be out, but who&#8217;ll be in?</title>
		<link>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/02/07/jane-harman-may-be-out-but-wholl-be-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ibabuzz.com/politics/2011/02/07/jane-harman-may-be-out-but-wholl-be-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Feb 2011 20:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh Richman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning’s big California political news is that Rep. Jane Harman, D-Los Angeles, might be resigning from Congress to take over as head of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, a renowned foreign policy think tank. And this morning’s big California political speculation is about who might run in a special election to succeed [...]]]></description>
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